Guru Gopal Das the trending Indian saint in the digital era

A person known for his golden motivational words of wisdom, spiritual outlook, and for his influencing knowledge on subjects related to life. Gaur Gopal Das has become an internet sensation nowadays. His spiritual & motivational speeches & wordings have created a boom in social media. He is a famous motivational strategist, monk, and coach.

This delicate man was born on 24 December 1973, into a middle-class family in Pune, Maharashtra, India.

He is a graduate in Electrical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Pune during the year 1995. He stepped towards his career as an electrical engineer in Hewlett Packard (HP) as he was his university topper. So getting placed was much easier for him. Gaur Gopal Das says that in this world, it is easy to make money but difficult to make a profound difference in the lives of the people.

This made him go join the Ashram (monastery), where he was astonished to see 10 IIT Mumbai students were there and doing well. He became a monk to motivate the crowd and to increase the spirituality in them, as a result bringing in positive transformation in their lives.

In HP, when Gaur Gopal Das was working as an electrical engineer, he could only make changes in the lives of a very few people through his profession, much like the thousands of regular employees.

Gaur Gopal Das was never satisfied with his job. He wanted to choose something different. He gave no ears to the thoughts of the society where a person’s life is insisted on to do a routine job and lead a normal life. Rather he took a path of self-discovery and opted for the rightful profession which makes him effective, happy, and provides satisfaction.

Therefore, in 1996, Gaur Gopal Das went to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He turned out to be a follower of Radhanath Swami at Mumbai and was hugely motivated by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

Gaur Gopal Das states that instead of quitting his profession as an engineer he improved his profession from being an electrical engineer to a lifestyle engineer. Before, as an electrical engineer he was mending the machines but today as a lifestyle engineer, he is mending the people with his spirituality.

He thought that mending people to the right way is much more important than repairing the machines as people are the ones who invented the machines.

His first thought of quitting job

During those days, when Gaur Gopal Das quit his job at HP to become a monk, he was immensely feeling that he may be missing his professional life. He was experiencing this feeling that if he continued his job as an electrical engineer; someday he would have reached heights in his work.

All his thoughts and doubts disappeared when he realized the positive impact and difference he made in the lives of the people at the monastery (ashram). At first, when he left his job, he faced opposition from his family to become a monk.

His family wanted him to do a regular job as everybody and lead a regular life but gradually, his family had to accept his decision when they figured out that he created a positive change in the people and in the world. So, he happily enhanced his profession from fixing the machines to fixing the people.

Trending Monk

Gaur Gopal Das uses social media productively. He utilizes social media to interact with the crowd and spread positivity to enhance their lives. He uses a bit of witty humor so that his messages are easily conveyed and to make his talks even more interesting. He is a man who delivered many seminars all over the world and to give a talk, he was invited by the British parliament.

This eminent personality has guided many corporate leaders and celebrities. He also mentors many multinational companies all around the world like Ford, Macintosh, Bank of America, Barclays, Infosys, Microsoft, etc. he has spoken in many TEDx events.

Gaur Gopal Das was a recipient of Rotary International’s Super Achiever Award for excellent contribution in the field of spirituality and inspiration in 2016.

Most viewed Facebook post

According to the social media platform, it is a post that has the most watched views. As the event continues more and more people seem to be turning to spirituality to maintain their mental wellbeing. 

 According to a report released by Facebook, the most viewed post between the 1st of April and the 30th of June this year was made by this Indian Swami. It was a very simple post.  The post had a picture of a jumble of letters with the heading first three words you see are your reality.  The Guru had returned and the post whether this is your reality or not this is certainly interesting.  The post has 7 million comments by the way and has been shared 394000 times.  People from all over the world have commented on the post mostly with the first three words they saw in the jumble of letters.

About his amazing secret

Gaur Gopal Das also wrote a book named, Life’s Amazing Secrets: How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life.

The book is divided into 4 sections: personal life, relationships, work-life, and contribution towards society.

Some of his learnings to keep in mind:

1. Happiness resides in the soul.
2. Everyone is going through their own struggles.
3. Silent presence is more important than a million empty words.
4. Living with gratitude.
5. Worrying never helps.
6. Importance of spirituality.
7. We are spiritual beings.
8. Mantra meditation.
9. Be more sensitive towards animate and inanimate things.
10. See the good and the bad- but focus on the good.
11. Forgiveness as a virtue.
12.  Associations either uplift you or bring you down.
13. Healthy competition is useful.
14. Importance of good character.
15. Selfless sacrifice.

This book is also accessible in the Hindi language, by name, Life’s Amazing Secrets: Jeevan Ke Adbhut Rahasya.